Category Archives: Top Stories
Man shot in arm in South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - One man was injured following a midday shooting in South Peoria Thursday. Peoria Police say a ShotSpotter alert was detected on West Antoinette Street around 11:30 a.m. A victim was fou...
Feb 23, 2023 Midwest Communications
Peoria Spring Home Show at Civic Center this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. - The annual Official Spring Home Show will take place at the Peoria Civic Center this weekend. The show features 138 exhibitors over three days in the Exhibit Hall showing off the newest...
Feb 23, 2023 (Home Builders Association of Greater Peoria)
Singer R. Kelly sentenced to one year on federal child pornography conviction
CHICAGO (Reuters) -Grammy-winning R&B artist R. Kelly was sentenced on Thursday to one year in prison after his conviction in Chicago on federal child pornography and enticement charges, local med...
Feb 23, 2023 FILE PHOTO: R. Kelly leaves the Criminal Court Building after pleading not guilty during a hearing on eleven new counts of criminal sexual abuse, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., June 6, 2019. REUTERS/Daniel Acker/
UPDATE: Peoria man arrested on stolen vehicle charge
UPDATED 11:22 A.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man was arrested Tuesday after the discovery of a stolen vehicle. Peoria Police says their Special Investigations Division and Patrol Unit located a stolen v...
Feb 23, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
U.S. jobless claims fall; inflation revised higher in fourth quarter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, pointing to a persistently tight labor market, and further fueling fears that the...
Feb 23, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
U.S. transportation chief tours Ohio derailment site; NTSB to release initial report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg toured the wreckage of this month's train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, as federal investigators prepared to release their ini...
Feb 23, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg testifies before a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing on President Biden's proposed budget request for the Department of Transportation, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 3, 2022. REUTERS/Michael A. McCoy
More workers now eligible for Illinois' Earned Income Tax Credit
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- As tax filing season ramps up, one state senator is highlighting changes to the Illinois Earned Income Tax Credit. Low to moderate wage earners may be eligible for the credit, whi...
Feb 23, 2023 Midwest Communications
Florida TV journalist shot dead while reporting on a murder - police
(Reuters) -A gunman opened fire on two television journalists reporting on a murder near Orlando, Florida, on Wednesday, killing one and wounding the other before fatally shooting a 9-year-old girl an...
Feb 23, 2023 Tony Webster / CC
Massive snowstorm closes schools, grounds flights in U.S. heartland
CHICAGO (Reuters) -A major winter storm battered the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest with high winds and heavy snow on Wednesday, forcing hundreds of schools to close, grounding air travel and makin...
Feb 23, 2023 The Motz family walks through blowing snow as weather conditions worsen in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, U.S., February 22, 2023. Erin Woodiel/Argus Leader/USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS
Electrical fire causes damage to Peoria home
PEORIA, Ill. - As much as $40,000 in damage was done when a house accidentally ended up on fire Wednesday afternoon in Northwest Peoria. Peoria firefighters went to a home near Hilmont Road and Creigh...
Feb 22, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
